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OAKLAND — Stephen Curry indicated the Warriors are aiming for 50 wins this season when he said earlier this month that there's a number that "has a five in front of it" written on a whiteboard inside the team's practice facility as a goal.

Apparently, that's not enough for Andre Iguodala.

Not after he helped the Denver Nuggets win a franchise-record 57 games last season. And not after he turned down more lucrative offers to sign a $48 million, four-year deal with the Warriors this summer.

Fifty wins?

"I would say more than that," Iguodala said Wednesday at the team's downtown Oakland headquarters, where most players have been voluntarily working out for about three weeks before training camp starts Sept. 29. "I just have really high expectations for us. I won't say too much about wins. I'd rather fly under the radar."

Iguodala's reasoning is simple. The Warriors knocked out his Denver team to reach the second round of the playoffs last season, return all five starters and made aggressive moves in free agency to sign him.

He cites the chemistry and camaraderie of the locker room as reasons the Warriors will improve, starting with most of the roster showing up a month before training camp. They've lifted weights alongside each other, worked on plays and held five-on-five and four-on-four scrimmages to speed up the learning curve.

"I'm going to have to make adjustments, just getting used to the guys. I think they're certainly finding out things that I bring to the table maybe they didn't know playing against me," Iguodala said. "Hopefully, that transition phase, we can work that out quickly to get things rolling."

Iguodala insists playing time will not be a problem. He praised the five returning starters — Curry, Klay Thompson, Harrison Barnes, David Lee and Andrew Bogut — for publicly and privately welcoming him to the team and making sure everybody is working toward the same goal: an NBA championship.